The IT&C watchdog said that this increase is the result of harsher competition on the telecom market.
As for 2007, the watchdog estimates that the price for mobile services will average RON0.32/minute, compared with RON0.36 /minute in 2006.
Moreover, the watchdog estimates an increase in the total number of phone calls in mobile networks from 14.4 billion in 2006 up to 25.4 billion in four years’ time, as the annual average growth rate reaches 15.4%.